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Show R P E P PA R D VICE February 15, 1923. Associated Beehive Seed Grovers Of Tie Bintsh Basin TMs Year 1929 Bo doubt we are all locking forward to a big year 1929. Tbe Uintah Basra has made tremendous strides forward in tie seYen years that it has been omr privilege to be among- yon, and the chances are that progress has really only started. Alfalfa seed growing has advanced from a small aff air, to a Beal industry as the years go on, other agricultural enterprises may very well do as much or even more, of course we who are chiefly interested in seed growing axe not going to sit back and take life easy, either. At this time of year, one of the best things most of ns can - do, is to plan ahead for the remainder of this year and for the years to come. HATE YOU MADE PLANS THAT YOU CAB FOLLOW? Hare yon got your farming business all figured out so that all the land yon farm will produce a nice profit above taxes, water, labor and other expenses? HaTe yon figured out a way to get the value out of the stuff yon raise that is not reapLOy salable for cash? Will your farming business pay expenses and give yon a steady job at good wages for three hundred days ont of the year and pay yon the wages and a profit from which to build a new house or send the sen or daughter to college, or on a mission, or whatever it is that yon want to do as soon as yon can afford it? Chances are that if yon have these things figured out, yon are already working at the job. If yon have not, these cold days when we sit close to the fire can be used to mighty good advantage for planning. When summer comes yon will be too busy or too tired, or yon will have to lose time that should be devoted to some job that needs to be done right away. FARMING YOUR LAUD Every farmer in the Eaxia owns, or can lease, all tbe land he can handle to good advantage. In fact a great many of ns are trying to farm more land than we can handle in such a way as to make it pay a profit. Oue reason is that some of the farm land is not in shape to handle nicely. There are numerous farms in the Basin which are cot levelled and ditched to make the best use of irrigation water. The hump that water will not run over and the low place where the water stands for days, neither1 one produce much in the way of crops. Then if yon have to run water for eight hours where four hours is all it needs to get well soaked, yon aie losing half of your water turn and half of your time. If your ditches are too small to handle all the water yon can get on your turn, yon may lose a big part of your crop because yon cannot get over the ground fast enough. IRRIGATION SYSTEM OB J. G. PEPPARD SEED CO. FARM Ia our own farming here in the Basin we have found that cross ditches every twenty rods or so, make irrigating better, faster and easier, on alfalfa. We also make small dikes to keep the water from spreading and drifting. Then we can turn a big head dawn between the dikes and it goes right through to the next ditch where it is gathered up so that we can cut it out and use it again. Ia this way we cover all the ground as we go. We keep the water together so that every spot gets enough and we do not have to let it run anywhere after the ground is as wet as we want it to be. Then, if we wish, we can water any particular plat without wetting any other. farm With this ditch system we can irrigate an eighty-acr- e use we or can in three days, or even less if we can get the water, a small stream because the dikes hold it together. Bow we do not rlaim that this farm is perfect. In fact we expect to make some improvements as time goes on, but we are trying to make our farm pay its way and poy for the improvements just as yon want your farm to do. Oar idea is to farm this place in ways that any other farmer could afford to farm his land and to pay expenses and make a profit just the same as yon want to do on your farm. Of course, since alfalfa seed is our main business in the Basin, the main crop on our farms is alfalfa seed. We might add, too, that our farm is paying all expenses and making a good return on the money invested. We believe that if yon are not entirely satisfied with the way your farm irrigates, it will be worth our while to look at the ditches and dikes on our farm oue mile East of Roosevelt on the south side of the state road. STUDY YOUR LAND AND YOUR LOCALITY With the wide range of soil and climatic conditions in the Basin, it is only natural that alflfa seed, for instance, should do very well in one locality and fail most of the time in another. Some of the sections that cannot raise seed successfully get big crops of wheat oar hay. What crop on your farm makes you the most money per acre for the expense involved over & period of years say the last seven years? Chances are that that particular crop should be your main crop especially if you can always convert it into cash at harvest time or by feeding it to your own livestock. Then there is & strong possibility that a cultivated crop on your farm will make your fanning business better whether it makes much money in itself or not. Almost every farm in the Basin has alfalfa that should be broken up because the ground is uneven or because of weeds. Cultivating this land all through the season kills a lot of weeds and works the ground down toward & Level, thus improving the chances of good yields on the next crop. FLAB FOR THE MOST PROFITABLE YIELDS- -In order to be profitable, your crop must yield more than enough to pay for the use cf the land it grows on, and for the seed and labor it requires to produce and harvest the crop. As a business man you are interested in getting the greatest possible value in crops at the least possible cost because that makes you the greatest urofit. It may 1 most profitable to you in growing a crop cf wheat, for instance, to plow forty acres of land, smooth it with a leveler, drill a bushel of wheat to the acre and let it go to make a crop of fifteen bushels per acre or six hundred bushels. On the other hand you may make more money bv starting with ten acres, disking it thoroughly, then plowing ami leveling, then irrigating, then disking again and drilling three bushels ef wheat per acre and raising a crop of sixty bushels per acre or six hundred bushels. The judgment you use in deciding which sort of method is test for you will determine whether you make a profit or barely break even, or possibly even lose money. Figuring this sort cf thing out to ycur own best advantage is part of your job, as a farmer. We wish you success in making successful plans. X G. 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